The Enforcement of Canadian Judgments Act  which came into effect March  22, 2006 is intended to provide recognition to judgments from other Canadian provinces and territories on a full faith and credit basis.  While it will apply to orders made in other provinces and territories to pay money, restricting contact and communication with another, or which declares rights or obligations, it does not apply to support orders which are the subject of other legislation.

Specifically, Canadian Civil Protection Orders, whether interim or final, made in other Canadian provinces and territories are deemed to be an Order of the Queen's Bench of Manitoba and enforceable in Manitoba.  Victims of domestic violence, for example, can port their civil protection order upon moving to Manitoba from another Canadian jurisdiction.  Such an order while capable of registration, need not be registered to be enforced.

For the purposes of the Act, a Canadian Civil Protection Order is a court order or a portion of a court order granted in a civil proceeding that prohibits a person from:

• being in physical proximity to a specified person or following a specified person from place to place;

• contacting or communicating with a specified person, either directly or indirectly;

• attending at or within a certain distance of a specified place or location; or

• engaging in molesting, annoying, harassing or threatening conduct directed at a specified person.

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